{{expand}}[[Nine Inch Nails]] has sampled numerous parts of songs, movies, and other audio into its songs. This page will attempt to catalog each usage.
''Note: Some early samples likely come courtesy of the producers who worked on the tracks, as some of the sounds also appeared on other projects created by or worked on by the same personnel.''
==''[[Pretty Hate Machine]]''==
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" samples:
*Chanting from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08Wvtspmjo "Samburu Warriors' initiation (Kenya)"] performed by the Samburu Tribe of Kenya and recorded by David Fanshawe
"[[Down In It (song)|Down In It]]" samples:
*"Reality" by Gary Clail & Tackhead / "Stadium Rock" by The Barmy Army
*"Mechanical Movements" by Keith LeBlanc
*"Einstein" by Keith LeBlanc
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole]]" samples:*"Samburu Warriors' initiation (Kenya)" performed by the Samburu Tribe of Kenya and recorded by David Fanshawe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G08Wvtspmjo
"[[Sanctified]]" samples:
*The film ''Midnight Express'', the dialog that begins at about 3:20 and also the screaming that can be heard right before it segues into "[[Something I Can Never Have]]". This sample is not present on the version from 2010 remaster.
"[[Something I Can Never Have]]" samples:
*The atmospheric keyboards from an unused This Mortal Coil session.
"[[Something I Can Never Have |Something I Can Never Have (Natural Born Killers Version)]]" samples:
*A thunderclap (at the very beginning)
*Fire crackling and hissing (towards the end)
*Native American chanting (just after the fire sounds)
"[[Kinda I Want To]]" samples:
*"Good Old Music" by Funkadelic
*"A Surf M.C. New Year" by Surf MC's
*"Let The Jingle Bells Rock" by Sweet Tee
"[[Sin (song)|Sin]]" samples:
*"Paid In Full" by Eric B. & Rakim, which samples the last few seconds of "Change The Beat" by Fab 5 Freddy (feat. Beside)
"[[The Only Time]]" samples:
*Female background vocals recorded for "So Alive" by Love And Rockets
"[[Ringfinger]]" samples:
*"Alphabet St." by Prince
*"Had A Dad" by [[Jane's Addiction]]
"[[Kinda I Want To]]" samples:
*Good Old Music by Funkadelic
==''[[Head Like A Hole (halo)|Head Like A Hole]]''==
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole (Copper)]]" samples:
*"Body Language" by Queen
"[[Head Like A Hole (song)|Head Like A Hole (Opal)]]" samples:
*"Tamborine" by Prince
*"Release It" by The Time, which samples "Squib Cakes" by Tower Of Power
*"The Wrong Name and the Wrong Number" by Mark Stewart
*Moaning and breathing from Japanese pornography films
*"We Will Rock You" by Queen
*The intro is an extract from 1962's ''[https://youtu.be/jcsJAkacQKM?t=3274 The Cabinet Of Caligari]''(at 54:34).*Beats from ''40 Oz of Phat Slammin Hip Hop'' sample CD-ROM library by InVision Interactive (specifically, PARTITION A - KITS 89-91 - 90 1.wav)
==''[[Broken]]''==
"[[Pinion]]" samples:
*"It's No Game" by [[David Bowie]]
"[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" samples:
*Ambient noises from ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (When the Tie Fighters are sending bombs into the asteroid where Han and Leia are hiding)
"[[Physical]]" samples:
*Recordings of [[Trent Reznor]]'s dog Maise barking
*"Ow!...fucker!" said by [[Sean Beavan]] after Maise bit him
"[[Help Me I Am In Hell]]" samples:
*Ambient noises from ''The Empire Strikes Back'' (When the Tie Fighters are sending bombs into the asteroid where Han and Leia are hiding)
==''[[Fixed]]''==
"[[Fist Fuck]]" samples:
*"I could feel that way too... I bet you will someday" from the 1951 film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exe-VtXv8d0 ''ShowboatShow Boat''] (starting at 4:48)
*''Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out'' by Dr. Timothy Leary
*Begins with a sample from the film [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysyU8sCdlM&hd=1 ''THX 1138'' http] "[[March Of The Pigs (song)|March Of The Pigs]]" samples:*Buried scream from the film ''Sorcerer''*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GysyU8sCdlM&hd=15EFMzJ2dCDs ''The Exorcist II: The Heretic''] (around 2:30)
"[[Closer]]" samples:
*Bass drum from "[[Nightclubbing]]" by Iggy Pop*Intro from "Take A Chance With Me" by Roxy Music(reversed and pitched-up)*Synth bass from ''A Poke in the Ear With a Sharp Stick, Vol. 2'' sample library by Rarefaction (specifically, a piece called "Circular2") "[[Ruiner]]" samples:*"Beat Box" by Art of Noise*Buried scream from the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bJd2ZAzPSw ''Parents'']*Pitched-up elephant noises from the intro of the film [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHswu1Ad_wI ''The Elephant Man'']
"[[The Becoming]]" samples:
*Screams in the background from the film ''Robot Jox'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjRPiBGVFIE ''Robot Jox''] (starting at :33)*"I know who I am" (reversed) from the film ''Angel Heart'' (backwards) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTC9Lt3hiWo&t=2m6s ''Angel Heart''] (starting at 2:06)
"[[Reptile]]" samples:
*Intro machine sounds from the film ''Leviathan'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUk4bvrFY2A ''Leviathan''] (at :13)*Looping female voice ("Ungh... Kirk, help") from the film ''The Texas Chainsaw Chain Saw Massacre'' (1974)(30:47) appears during the breakdown (5:07)
*Slowed-down speech ("yours is the plague of blasphemy and fornication") from the film ''At Play In The Fields Of The Lord''
==''[[Quake Soundtrack]]''==
==''[[Things Falling Apart]]''==
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood]]" samples:
*"Shout It Out Loud" (from ''Alive II'') by KISS
"[[Metal]]" samples:
*"UFO" by ESG
*"M.E." by [[Gary Numan]]
"[[Starfuckers, Inc. (song)|Starfuckers, Inc. (Version) - Adrian Sherwood10 Miles High]]" samples:*Flute/Mellotron sound from "Shout It Out Loud" [[The Downward Spiral (from ''Alive II''song) by KISS|The Downward Spiral]]"
==''[[With Teeth (halo)|With Teeth]]''==
"[[All The Love In The World]]" (''[[The Definitive NIN - Deep Cuts]]'' version) samples:
*''The Twilight Zone'' episode "And When The Sky Was Opened"
==''[[Year Zero]]''==
"[[11 Ghosts II]]" samples:
*"Songe d'une nuit de sabbat" by Berlioz
"[[15 Ghosts II]]" samples:
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEqZkglTVYE Bioshock halloween YouTube video] (around 0:12 to 0:18)
"[[24 Ghosts III]]" samples:
*"Get the door, get the door" from the film ''The Mothman Prophecies''
"[[Down In It (song)#Down In It|Down In It]]" samples:
*The film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEUUS_kjI4k ''Angel Heart]'' ] (until about :26) "Sanctified"/"[[Maybe Just Once]]" samples:*The film ''[https://www.imdbyoutube.com/titlewatch?v=bvCSkecw9_U ''Diner''] (used at the end of "Sanctified" and the beginning of "Maybe Just Once") "Twist" samples:*The film [https:/tt0083833/charactersyoutu.be/nm0000289 Diner]Gbeji0Rqz5Y?si=mUaMM3g1QdRSwk3M&t=125 ''A Clockwork Orange'' ] (12:14:3905) at (used twice in the beginning of the songintro)
===Live Samples===
====[[Pretty Hate Machine Tour]]====
speech from films, sampled at various points during sets:*"I must stress the importance of total, I repeat, total sexual abstinence" from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&t=1268 Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (21:08)*"Could I still excite you?" (slowed down) from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5zv516PD4c&t=4498s Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (1:14:48)*"That's the sun in my hands, man..." from the 1967 film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqzl6ndEy5c&t=6m12s The Trip]'' (6:12)*"Hang around, I'll make a cocksucker out of you" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/GLdb7u2Y5Jg?t=335 Tough Guys Don't Dance]'' (5:37)*"I could fuck your woman right in front of you" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/GLdb7u2Y5Jg?t=1260 Tough Guys Don't Dance]'' (20:59)*"Negative pulse, no heartbeat, no respiration, no pupil dilation, no brain waves, no response to pain" from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr9DH54reEI&t=748s The Serpent and the Rainbow]'' (12:28)*"I wanna hear you scream" from the film ''[https://youtu.be/tr9DH54reEI?t=3140 The Serpent and the Rainbow]'' (52:20)*Moaning sound that plays when the female Cenobite is on-screen from the film ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HBu1_A-Obc Hellraiser]'' (00:00, 00:22, 00:34), often played during the show intro.*"Who do you think you're forfooling?" from an unknown source
*"Kill or be killed" from an unknown source
*"I could fuck ??? right in front of you" from an unknown source*"I told you to stay out of this... give me the gun..." from an unknown source*"Hang around, Idon'll t make a cocksucker out of you" from the film ''[https://youtume do this...be/Lq-3-2TmY34?t=321 Tough Guys Don't Dance]'' (5:21)*"Negative pulse, no heartbeat, no respiration, no pupil dilation, no brain waves, no response to pain" from an unknown source*"I must stress the importance of totalLet me tell you somethin', I repeat, total sexual abstinence" from the film me for one ain''[https://www.youtube.com/watcht gonna give up a little ?v=n5zv516PD4c?t=1268 Invasion Of The Bee Girls]'' (21:08)*"Could I still excite you?" from an unknown source*"I've got the sun in my hands, man..." from the film ''The Trip''